Many Hollywood celebrities famous for their “body positivity” stances and larger figures are now dropping pounds, and they are doing so with the help of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro, and other GLP-1s.
Weight loss is a hard journey. It takes discipline and a lifestyle change that many aren’t ready to commit to. GLP-1s are a cheat code of sorts.
Some of the celebrities who look slimmer are women like Lizzo, Meghan Trainor, Amy Schumer, Jennifer Lawrence, and — to an extreme — Ariana Grande. There are even rumors that former First Lady Michelle Obama is using weight-loss drugs, as she recently flaunted a slim figure for a photoshoot.
However, I want to call out Lizzo, Trainor, and Schumer — three ladies who have been champions of body positivity. Lizzo, in particular, was lauded as a shining example of loving your body at any size.
The body positivity movement — though not as widely discussed as feminism, gender identity, or critical theory — is yet another facet of the struggle for identity in America. It is an overcorrection to the objectification of women. It removes bodyweight standards and healthy living entirely while toxically pushing us culturally toward the grotesque, ugly, and obscene. In some cases, like those of celebrities, this shows up as self-worship.
Back in 2023, Lizzo said, “I just finished showering and doing my little routine, and you know what I realized? I am f***ing gorgeous. I am the beauty standard. Catch up, b****!” The singer also crowed, “I’m sorry that my perfect face & rockin’ body offends you… I can’t help that I’m God’s favorite.”
Additionally, Lizzo claimed that whenever she tried to lose weight, her fans complained. Nevertheless, being overweight was taking a toll on her health and mobility. Lizzo began working out and stopped being a vegan. She also toyed with GLP-1s. “I’ve tried everything,” she explained. “It’s just the science, for me, calories in vs. calories out. Ozempic works because you eat less food.”
Her stance now is a healthier perspective: “Once I started working out for mental health, to have balanced mental health or endorphins, so that I don’t look at myself in the mirror and feel ashamed of myself, and feel disgusted with myself, exercise has helped me shift my mind, not my body. My body is gonna change, everyone’s bodies change. That’s life.”
Bodies do change. Heavier people shouldn’t be shamed for dropping weight, but they also shouldn’t be encouraged to become grotesquely overweight in the first place in the name of “loving your body at every size.” This is common sense.
Lizzo’s health is improving while her activist fans screech in rage.
Meghan Trainor, another singer famous for her curves and more full figure, wrote a song in 2014 called “All About That Bass” in which she says she “ain’t no size two,” and if guys are interested in a “stick figure silicone Barbie doll,” they can go away.
Eleven years and two kids later, Trainor has undergone dramatic weight loss. She now resembles the “silicone Barbie doll” she disparaged just a decade ago. It’s a little hard for her to sincerely sing her hit single these days. Her fans are also not particularly happy about the change, claiming that she was only a true believer until she had money to pay for GLP-1s. Trainor was distressed by the pushback, of course, even writing a song about it called “Still Don’t Care” in which she accuses her fans of hypocrisy.
Finally, comedian and actress Amy Schumer recently deleted old photos of herself on Instagram and showed off her own weight loss in a series of new pictures. In the caption to her glamor photos, she wrote, “Who’s proud? I’m feeling good and happy. Deleted my old pics for no reason.” The Daily Wire’s Amanda Harding stated it best by observing, “But the social media purge itself said something different. No matter how she tried to play it, deleting those photos sent a clear message: Who I was before is not who I am now. All praise Mounjaro!”
While these women should be commended for taking control of their weight, the problem is that they chose to make money and build their entertainment personas by being heavier than the average celebrity. They convinced their fans, too, that they were happy in a plus-sized body. Their reversal — as commendable as it is — signals to their fans that conforming to Hollywood beauty standards is more important than their previously stated beliefs. Hypocrisy is the issue.
Ultimately, this change in tone may help alleviate political tensions surrounding body positivity. It will also help quash the dangerous idea that heavier people are yet another marginalized class with no ability to change their fate. Weight loss jabs like Ozempic take away the victimhood excuses.
